RADNESS IS HERE!

Radness Ensues is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit youth empowerment center and all-ages community hub in Keizer, Oregon, serving the greater Salem-Keizer community.

Founded in 2023 and open to the public since 2024, Radness Ensues was created to give young people—and the larger community—a place to build skills, express themselves, make meaningful connections, and experience genuine belonging.

Youth empowerment is at the center of our work. Through paid internships, mentorship, volunteer leadership, art, music, events, and hands-on community experience, we give young people opportunities to discover what they are capable of and to be taken seriously as contributors to their community.

At the same time, Radness is intentionally an all-ages, safer, sober, radically inclusive space. Our doors are open to people across generations, identities, abilities, and backgrounds. You do not need to buy something, enroll in a program, or already know someone to have a place here.

WE’VE BUILT MORE THAN A PLACE TO HANG OUT.

Since opening our doors, Radness Ensues has grown into an active community organization serving thousands of people through youth development, creative programming, live music, cultural and community events, volunteer opportunities, and free community resources.

Our work has included paid youth internships and mentorship, grant-funded youth programming, free access to art supplies and creative space, live shows and open mics, community celebrations, a clothing closet, community food resources, volunteer development, and partnerships with local organizations, businesses, artists, families, and advocates.

We are also proud to have become a place of connection for people who are too often excluded from traditional community spaces—including neurodivergent people and people with developmental disabilities.

Radness is not a future idea. It is an established nonprofit, a physical community space, and a growing network of people who believe that belonging should not be something you have to earn.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT AT RADNESS?

When you walk through our doors, you can expect:

• A welcoming, all-ages, safer and sober environment
• Free creative opportunities and access to our community art station
• Youth programs, internships, mentorship, and leadership opportunities
• Live music, open mics, community gatherings, clubs, and special events
• Community food, clothing, and other practical resources when available
• Opportunities to volunteer, collaborate, teach, perform, create, or simply connect
• A community that values accessibility, inclusion, creativity, mutual respect, and showing up as yourself

You are also welcome to simply be here. Radness was built to be a third space—a place outside of home, school, or work where people can connect without being expected to spend money or perform for belonging.

A PLACE TO CREATE, CONNECT, GROW, AND BELONG.

Radness Ensues grew from a small creative community into something much larger because people kept showing us how badly spaces like this were needed.

Today, the organization is supported by volunteers, donors, community partners, grants, youth participants, families, artists, musicians, local businesses, and people who simply believe their community is stronger when everyone has somewhere they belong.

We know Radness works because we have watched the community build it with us.

Now our work is to make sure it is here for the next young person who needs an opportunity, the next family looking for community, the next artist looking for somewhere to create, and the next person who walks through the door wondering whether there is a place for them.

There is.